Abiel Abbot, D. 1)., an American clergyman, born in Andover, Mass., Aug. 17, 1770, died on the return voyage from Havana, June 7, 1828. He graduated at Harvard university, and in 1794 became minister of the Congregational society in Haverhill, where he remained eight years. In 1802 he took charge of a parish in Beverly, and passed the remainder of his life as pastor in that place. He was entirely free from sectarian bitterness. He was the author of a series of " Letters from Cuba " (8vo, Boston, 1829), and a number of sermons.